Autism Bedfordshire

Registered charity 1100722 Registered since 2003

Operates: Central Bedfordshire, Luton, Bedford, Cambridgeshire, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire, Milton Keynes

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

8 trustees on the board

7.5y median 7.5y

average tenure

15y

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Peter Scott since 2011
Pamela Wrest since 2018
Patricia Guy since 2019
Philip John Delafield since 2017

13.1y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Disability 8Education/training 8The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 8

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Health and social care 7Retail and trade 2Arts and leisure 1

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

incomespending£2.5m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

8.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 3.8 in 2021

130 from 62 in 2021

EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

71%

Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Also active in the same field

Teikyo Foundation (UK) Similar size; both Sport
Marylebone Cricket Club Foundation Similar size; both Sport
The Swimming Teachers Association Limited Similar size; both Sport
Bristol City Robins Foundation Similar size; both Sport
Restore Hope Similar size; both Sport
Bluecoat Sports Similar size; both Sport

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.autismbedfordshire.net
Email	enquiries@autismbeds.org
Phone	01234214871
Address	Suite B1, I Hammond Road, Elms Farm, Bedford, BEDFORDSHIRE, MK41 0UD

Finances

£2,466,881 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£841,867	£746,273
2022	£1,277,435	£1,127,119
2023	£2,105,121	£1,752,211
2024	£2,346,800	£2,107,343
2025	£2,466,881	£2,008,077

What it does

What

Education/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesDisabilityArts/culture/heritage/scienceAmateur Sport

Who

Children/young PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesOther Defined Groups

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

TO RELIEVE SICKNESS AND DISTRESS AND ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND ADULTS WITH AN AUTISTIC SPECTRUM DISORDER (AND RELATED CONDITIONS) AND THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 9 JANUARY 2003 as amended on 25 Nov 2019

Trustees (8)

8trustees

69median age

3aged 70+

Lauraine Montgomeryage band 65-69 Chair
Jeffrey Bulledage band 70-74
Natalie Batchelor-Roles since 2023
Peter Scottage band 75-79 since 2011
Pamela Wrestage band 55-59 since 2018
Patricia Guy since 2019
Paula Parrage band 65-69 since 2023
Philip John Delafieldage band 65-69 since 2017

Linked company (Companies House)

Autism Bedfordshire · 04632497 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 09/01/2003

5 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

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